Week 3 Notes - WanderlustPenguin/Charles-Tech-Journal GitHub Wiki

Lectures

  • ARP(Address Resolution Protocol): layer 2 protocol that finds MAC addresses to send packets to talk to another system, including to the router/switch, only works within the switch on the LAN
  • ARP cache: ARP caches save the broadcast for a while, so you don't need to go through the ARP broadcast every time, works like a map
  • packets travel from MAC address to MAC address to reach their location
  • excessive FF:FFF are a broadcast
  • ARP ping?
  • IP addresses gave 32 bits
  • IP addresses have 4 sections consisting of 8 numbers separated by periods, called octets
  • 255.225 means everything is on
  • similar IPs(all same numbers except the final number set) are in the same network
  • Come up with IP scheme, can use for every lab

Book Reading

Chapter 5


Commands

  • arp -d: clears ARP cache